Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1925, Page 21

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATU.RDAY, APRIL 11," 1925. ; REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING PRODUCTION MEAD OF NEEDS AT HONE Babson Urges Keeping Down Costs—Finds Business Now About Normal. ‘ BY ROGER W. BABSON. Special Dispatch to The Star. WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., April 11.—There have been fewer strikes end labor troubles so far this year than in the corresponding period during any af the past 10 years. The fact that we are singularly free from labor troubles is no mere sccident, but is the result of certain fundamental conditions that are bound to affect the trend of trade pnionism during the next 10 years. Without taking & stand for or against organized labor, certain eco- nomic laws exist that are to control things whether we like the results or not, and It now looks as though the trade unions of America will have “poor business” for a while, like most other enterprises which have been very prosperous during the past 10 years. Great Expansion Noted. During the war we greatly in- &eased our capacity to produce all €orts of manufactured goods. We cxpanded far beyond our own needs end can now make about 60 per cent more goods than we have a domestic market for. It will be some years before we grow to our expanded pro- 1cing capacity and in the meantime the only chance we have to run at full capacity is to sell this tremen- cous surplus abroad. The prospects for doing this are not especially od st now Europe owes us $20,000,- 000 and the only way they can possibly pay is in good: The prospects for foreign trade uring the next 10 years then are t we are more liable to find for- cign goods competing in our own arkets than that we will be able to #cll any slzable surplus abroad. This dds not necessarily mean that we 1% to have poor mercantile business, but it does mean that there is little Jikelihood of our entering a period when buyers will be fighting for £oods and when we will have great trouble in supplying a demand. Organized labor s mo: essful in a market where the demand for men exceeds the supply. It Is under these circumstances that workers, highly organized, are able to enforce thelr demands. If the manufacturer has a large volume of orders taken on a profitable basis he will meet de- mands for shorter hours and higher Pay in order to get the work out, but when he has on'y about half enough work to keep his plant busy and has had to figure very closely to get that he is both financlally unable and mentally indisposed to grant any de- mands that will increase his costs and wipe out such small profit as he has left. Under the first circumstance the labor union makes Its demand and gains its point and an {mmediate ad- vantage for its members; under the second it succeeds only in calling a strike and throwing its members out of work for a protracted period. Union Mines Suffering. During the next ten years there is not going to be enough business to keep everybody busy all the time and the manufacturer who is working un- der the most faborable conditions will get the business; the manufac- turer who is working under the least favorable conditions will be shut down. We have had an illustration of this principle in the coal fields this last season, The non-u=fon mines have been able to produce coal more cheaply than the union mines and as a result the non-union mines have been busy and thelr workers as a whole have made a good llving. Work- ers in these non-union flelds have made as high as $3,828 for the year and when you figure rent and doctors’ services as supplied by the companies at a cost of $200 for the year there is enough left to buy all necessities and many luxuries, The,_ union mines in the meantime have been shut down and the union miner has been having a rather thin time of it. I do not state this case as an argument against trade union- ism, nor a plea for the open shop, but simply as ‘an illustration of the man- ner In which these economic laws work. Many things connected with unfonism are highly desirable. Col- lective bargalning and certain re- forms in working conditions have helped every onme. The union which is reasonable and which works to improve conditions without curtailing production or increasing costs will thrive, even under these new circum- stances. Reforms in Clothing Trade. The work being done in Cleveland by the garment workers, for instance, is sound. Here the ufilons and the employers have joined In hiring en- gineers to come in from the outside From 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Every Day s of character that wood floors; tures throughout. Attractive = e 1514 K Street O3 and Sunday One of our representatives will be on hand to exhibit these Cozy Homes at 200-220 16th St. 5.E. Just North of Mass. Ave. It’s really a Kite neighborhood—for we’ve given it the standing Kite Homes always bring into a community. Homes attract buyers of discrimination—and these are typical Kite homes—modern in design and equipment—and built with a conscience. Artistic brick; 6 rooms; bath; sleeping porch; front porch; kitchen porch; glass-inclosed dresser; closets; hot-water heat; separate heater for hot water; laundry tubs; and artistic fix- hard- big Terraced front and excellent rear yard. Price and Easy Terms Built, Owned and Por Sale by Harry A. Kite Phone Main 4846 (Incorporated) Member Washington Real Hstate Board R\ AR R s A I market last week. IR A RATIRIE A | | | | | 30117 ADAMS ST. NE. | i | i ONLY ] LEFT Nine Built—Eight Sold Inspect today the remaining unsold house in this group of homes, which were just placed on the JUST OFF RHODE ISLAND AVENUE Dependable Sansbury=-Built Homes AT THE ASTOUNDINGLY LOW PRICE OF $7,450 ON REASONABLE TERMS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION Unexcelled location and construction Six bright rooms and tiled bath Hot-water heat and electric lights Light, airy kitchen, with built-in refrigerator Concrete front porch; double rear porches Dry, spacious cellar; laundry trays and toilet Il T [ 1418 Eye St. N.W. Good yard, with 15-foot alley in rear High-grade paper, finish and oak floors Sample House Open for Inspection Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. N. L. SANSBURY €O., Inc. “Everything in Real Estate” Phones Main 5904-5 Realtors—Builders RS2 S S and study the various operations in order to determine reasonable com- pensations for each kind of work Both abide by the findings of these engineers, and the reforms that have resulted have increased production and reduced costs. Worker, employer and the general public have all benefited. In one of the shoe centers of the East we ara experlencing union activ- ity of a different sort. In one city the unions have tled matters up so that the manufacturer is rated by the unfon. 1f he has a hundred-man shop he must hire a hundred men. If he has work for but 80 it makes no dif- ference—he must take the whole hun- ired or none at xll. Nor can the em- ployer hire and fire. All that he can 1o is request the union to replace a man in his plant. If the union does it, well and good: if not, he must continue to pay this man wages. When Output Is Cut. The picture is completed by the limitation of production. No worker is allowed to do more than a certain amount of work each day. All of this has resulted in high labor c pair of shoes. Since there is enough business to keep all plants busy the shoe factories of the W and In certain localities of the Eas where lower costs hge possible are getting all the business and the shoe centers most highly unionized are idle, or running only a small part of the ‘time. Agalin, the factory operat- ing under the most favorable work- ing conditions gets the business and the factory working under the high- est costs is shut down. Business About Normal. The business revival that started last Fall has carried general business as_reflected on the Babsonchart to a point 6 per cent above normal. but activity is now receding to a point just about at nmormal. With our ex- cessive capacity and trade in its present condition it will prove fatal to try to force issues that will mean higher rather than lower producing costs. 1 am hoping that the labor leaders will recognize these facts be- fore it is too late and that they may work with the employers to reduce costs to the benefit of every one. A class for parents.on child train- ing during the pre-school period will be established by the Denver public schools. Great Expansion of Suburban Life Taking Place Throughout Nation America is evolving a type of city that the world has never knewn be- fore, with a manner of living in its suburban areas never before possible, says National Realtors. lishment of this twentieth century type of city community, spreading out into an area five or six times that occupied by cities of its popula- tion 20 years ago, will be one of the phases of present tendencles in city growth to be brought before real estate specialists of the United States and Canada who will meet in De- troit June 23-26, inclusive, for the eighteenth annual convention of the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards. “The Future of American Citle: will be the opening topic of the con- vention's general sessions. Dr. Wil- liam L. Bailey, professor of sociology at Northwestern University, will pic- ture this future as it is forecast by a survey he has made covering the present suburban tendencies in every city in the country of over 100,000 The estab- [ population. The survey was made under the auspices of tha Institute for Social and Religlous Research of the Rockefeller Foundation. Dr. Bailey's. survey bears out the estimate of the United States Depart- ment of Agricelture that within the next 10 or 20 years American cities will need to add 10,000,000 acres to their urban area to take care of sub- urban expansion. Following the age of ploneering and rural expansion, the Nation experi- enced an age of rapid concentration of its population into the citles. But while six and a half million people in the last 10 years have been drawn from the country regions into the cities, the survey finds that a contrary current of population seeking relief from urban congestion- has carried 2,000,000 people outside of city bound- arie . Within commuting distance of the large citles, Dr. Balley's investiga- tion shows, there is now a popula- tion equal to nearly half that of the THE BUNGALOW BEAUTIFUL WEST CHEVY CHASE and MASS. AVE. VILLAS In the District of Columbia, a part of the City of Washingten. FEATURES: Yory, large, rooms. Plenty of big_closets Polished oak floors. Beautifully tilsd bath. Hot-water heating system. Tapestry brick fireplace. Elegant living room. Delightful dining Toom. Spasious bedrooms. ofrigorator and kitohen cabinet. Attic large enough for two rooms. ht cellar; laundry. 1 front rden lots. do trees. Da; Col Large Front $8,650 REASONABLE CASH DEPOSIT. TO INS] out Mass. consin ave to Fessenden ., beautiful homes. Salesmen in’ attendance EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS, CCT: Take car marked “Mass. Ave. & D. C. Live' to 40th gt., or drive to 49th st. to sample house and throughout the property. 7s to Fessenden st. and go west to houses, or drive out Wisconsin ave. \west to 47th, through property on paved streets, and inspect these Take Wis- WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE COMPANY 1415 EYE ST. N.W. Main 2257, Main 833; Evenings, Adams 1814. Residence Office, 47th snd Fessenden Sts. N.W. Telephons Cl a Beautiful Community n University Park It has no equal in Suburban Washington for character of develop- ment—ease of access—and investment opportunity. Where University Park is located is historic ground—harking back to colonial days. Our landscape artists have converted the rugged farm into modern building lots and artistic home sites without sacrific- ing the features of nature. Water, sewers, gas and electric service; paved streets and cement sidewalks are installed. Enough of country retained to charm; enough of the city introduced to furnish all the comforts of modem living. ‘These opportunities invite: You Can Buy a Lot —in either Section One or Two—and pay for it on easy terms. You Can Buy a Home —of effective type and varying size — $10,000 to $13,500—Easy terms. You Can Build a Home —and we will help you finance terms. it on easy Motor out — or take G Street cars at Treasury Dept. Representatives are at the Park Office every day and Sunday. University Park Co., Inc. Phone Hyattsville 36-J or 712 B. O. L. WELLS Representative FOR LEASE University Park is on the Washing- ton-Baltimore Bou- levard —midway between Hyatts- ville and Maryland State University. The Mayflower G 400-Car Capacity—First Time Offered Splendid Business Opportunity Large, New, Downtown Garage " Apartment Houses Within a Radius of Eight Blocks L the Heart of the Buiy Astomobils ; 19th AND N STREETS NW. One-Half Block Off Connecticut Ayvenue : Arranged for both storage and display purposes. Two Otis Elevators have been installed’ which enable the upper flgors to be loaded and un- Toilets and washing tables have been provided. Building has a crete. loaded with least possible effort. maximum amount of light for each floor, bemg open on four sides. Construation is entirely of reinforced con- The large alley on.the rear and sides glves adequate space to prevent congestion in either filling or emptying the building. Three Floors, Consisting of 45,000 Square Feet of Space Reasonable Rental on Long Term Lease Consult Our Rent Department REALTORS—Owners and Builders RIS CAFRITZ CO 2| [MOR REAL ESTATE. 21 in the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army. Loufs H. Tripp, 3721 Fulton street, a cities proper, and a dozen large lleutenant colonel of Engineers, both American cities now have more peo- ple In their suburbs than within their boundaries. America, the survay in- dicates, is entering a suburban age. . Two Get Commissions. Edward A. Harriman, 735 South- ern Building, has been appointed a colonel in the Finance Corps, and Chevy Chase, Md. $15,000 13 Williams Lane This fine property within half a square of Connecti- cut Avenue, facing south on a paved street, probably represents the maximum it is possible to secure in a real home in this desirable community. The house is splendidly bullt and has just been thoroughly renovated. There are eight rooms that are rooms; large screened sleeping porch; bath and extra toilet and lavatory; oak floors throughout. The lot is 80 feet wide and 150 feet deep. There are several outbuildings which pro- vide ample housing facilities for ponies of herses, as well as space for several automobiles. Many shade trees. Willlams Lane runs east from Connecticut Avenue, one mile north of Chevy Chase Circle. OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY C. BUSHMAN SMITH, Inc. 1703 Connecticut Avenue North 2522 OBTAIN SEMI- DETACHED HOME SIX ROOMS AND BATH CLEVELAND PARK Near Conn. Ave. Two-Car Garage Direct From Owner APPLY OWNER 2815 Ordway St Beauty, Charm and Investment Value ! Hyattsville Hills $10.00 Buys a Lot . For the next few days $10.00 will be accepted as down payment on Hyattsville Hills 50x150 lots, priced low as $600.00 to $1,000.00. These prices include some choice corners. The balance can be paid in installments of $10.00 monthly. Hyattsville Hills is three blocks west of the Washington and Baltimore Boulevard, in the north- west section of the city of Hyattsville. There is good car service, bus service and the B. & O. railroad. Three concrete roads to Washington; close to new $125,000 high school under construction, new $100,000 motion picture theater and stores. | { . Your future profits depend on quick action, as we reserve the right to advance prices without further notice. Come Out Sunday Agents on Premises Every Day O. B. Zantzinger Realtor Phone Hyattsville 72 Hyattsville, Md. 74 Maryland Ave. STy SIS ST Within a Few Feet Beautiful Rock Creek Park ZRS 1608 Madison St. N.W. This is one of the most charming homes in this exclusive section. ESCRIPTION Contains 7 spacious rooms and tiled bath, hot-water heat, electricity, open fireplace, large porch, 2-car garege; a frontage of 165 feet, inclosed by a stone retaining wall; beautiful lawn, shrubbery, etc. A Home That Has to Be Seen to Be Appreciated for Its Real Value Price Reduced From $29,500 to $22,500 For Immediate Sale Open for Inspection All Day Sunday I 3 Other Desirable Offerings in New Homes | 1736'173Xg R Street 3512 Conn. Ave. 2034 16th St. N.W. Sust North o€ Dupont oioete | $10,750—Easy Terms A modern brick residence, Near, N. H. Ave. Brick “residenive ofi'G ocated en the corner of 16th 2 3 and V Streets NW. MUST Ay Siained oome and taee ‘mom: | ToOMs and bath, practi- | BE SOLD. This beautifal cally new. Zoned Ist home contains 15 rooms, 4 commetcial. Vacant. This | baths and 2 extra lavatories. * property is a rare bar- It is practically new and has gain, and is either an ex- been entirely redecorated. i It is vacant and can be in- cellent investment or speculation. and cedar room, complete laundry, ete. This prop- erty is beautifully decorated and is most appealing_and practical. Gen- erous terms. Open for inspection. Price $32,500—%2,500 Cash William spected at any time, and must be sold. K. Hartung & Co. Realtors Main 371-372-373 Y2 1108 16th St.